I don't know, I haven't found that tendency to be par for the course. I've generally found technicians, designers and builders to be very generous with their knowledge and information. If what is said is true about Wayne, then I find that to be the exception, not the rule. I would also expect each builder to think they are doing it the best way. Afterall, if they thought there was a better way, then I would hope they'd be doing it that way, if you catch my drift. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Brekne To: Kerry Cooper;Pianotech Sent: 9/19/2003 7:15:47 AM Subject: Re: Stuart Pianos Grin... from what I can tell... then Wayne is just par for the course. If there's one thing one learns fast in this buisness... its that every manufacturer is convinced they are doing things far better most everyone else. Seems to be the way the game is played. Some kind of survivilist thingy me thinks. I did a stint on the fringes of University Science fundings... was crew on the University of Washingtons oceanigraphic research ship, MS Thompson some years back... grin.. you shoulda heard some of the stories some of the visiting heads of reasearch projects had to say about their colleagues.... and they we think Piano Folks are bad... :):) Cheers... and have a good weekend. RicB Kerry Cooper wrote: David, Even here in Australia where the Stuart piano is made, it is very hard for a technician who is not one of Wayne's fold to have a good look at his piano. We are deemed to be below him. He has stated that there is only a handful of tuners who are capable of servicing a Stuart piano (and he wonders why he is not proclaimed as the saviour of the piano industry in Australia). He refers to Ron O as a pretender who is playing on the fringes of piano manufacturing. I will leave it there Kerry Cooper -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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